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Germany used the Schlieffen plan to go through Belgium to get to France, overpower them in a matter of weeks and go back and defend Germany's borders from Russia.
Schlieffen Plan
It didn't. France 'joined' the war because it was invaded without warning by Germany - and was nearly overrun until they finally managed to put up a succesful defensive line at the river Marne, close to Paris. The Germans had devised a detailed battle plan for this invasion (the Schlieffen Plan) since the late 1800's.
Nova Net Final Test Answer: Germany was divided into four zones that would be controlled by allied nations.
The first world war was mainly started with Archduke Franz Ferdninand II's murder in Serbia. Germany helped Austria-Hungry in this difficult situation and Russia joined the other side. Other factors were:- the Treaty of Cognac which was between Britain and Belgium before the war, and this is why Britain got involved when Germany invaded Belgium with the Schlieffen Plan. France got involved because of the Pressure Germany was applying to the Rhineland, France's industrial land. All of this together caused the First world war.